Preach. I Absolutely Adore Dinosaurs With Every Fiber Of My Being, And I Love Getting Dinosaur Themed

Preach. I absolutely adore dinosaurs with every fiber of my being, and I love getting dinosaur themed things (just recently got a huge plush dinosaur, he's adorable and I love him). That being said, when these products are marketed towards small children, it makes me feel guilty or immature when I, as an 18 year old, wanna get it.

It feels like I'll be judged to hell and back for something as simple as getting a stuffed animal.

Interest in dinosaurs is not a childish thing. They were real prehistoric life, not mythical creatures.

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1 month ago

Spring sun.ೃ࿔*:・

Spring Sun.ೃ࿔*:・

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1 month ago

Remember your training.

Namari sweep.

Namari of Kahka Brud from Dungeon Meshi
Kabru from Dungeon Meshi

Masterpost

1 month ago
Digital canvas titled "How to: drawing characters with paralysis on their face" with "since I barely see it and would like to see more" written underneath. It features three colored drawings of different characters with various kinds of facial paralysis, labeled "ones that look more like this", next to a drawing of a heavily exaggerated character with cartoonish facial paralysis labeled "and less like whatever this is". There is a diagram in the corner of all the cranial nerves in the brain, with half of them scribbled out. The rest of them are labeled "i.e. what happens when any of these get fucked up". In the corner there is the artist's signature "@saszor" as well as "by: someone who has it" written out.
Second digital slide. It's titled "basic information". Underneath is a spectrum colored from dark green to red, with the dark green end labeled "works perfectly" and the red "complete paralysis". The light green, yellow, orange, and light red middle is labeled as "some degree of paralysis. It's not a 0:1 thing". Below that are 4 very simplistic drawings using the spectrum's colors to show different kinds of paralysis, including Moebius syndrome (complete full face paralysis), trochlear nerve palsy (both eyes being mildly affected), Bell's palsy (half of the face being slightly affected) and "multiple (me)" with the forehead, mouth, and eyes being labeled in different shades. The text around the characters reads "All these people have some kind of paralysis on their face. Before actually drawing a character, you need to pick what part of their face is paralyzed and how much. Having your whole face completely paralyzed is really rare. Weakness on one side of the face is the most common. You probably saw someone with it since it's very common after a stroke". Another block of text in the corner reads "If you have a simpler artstyle, paralysis of the eyes and/or mouth is the easiest to show. Jaw or forehead are more subtle (usually)".
Third slide, titled "Ok, but how do I draw it? (With asymmetry, mainly)". There is a drawing of a man with Bell's palsy, captioned "I will be doing examples showing unilateral (one sided) paralysis to showcase this since it will be easier to show the differences". In the top right are two drawings, one in anime style and other in a western cartoon one. The text box reads "While I encourage to try out multiple options, focus on the features that are more important in your artstyle. Big eyes? Focus on ptosis. Big mouths? Focus on lopsided smiles, etc. Otherwise it can look out of place". The main section of the slide is titled "Upper third of the face". There are simple drawings to accompany the text. It reads "paralysis on the forehead: it looks like one-sided botox essentially. The wrinkles will be weaker or non existent. Paralysis of the eyebrow: moves less. It rests lower than the other eyebrow and can have a crease under. Eyelid paralysis (arguably the most common one): generalyl affects the upper eyelid. It rests lower and has less or no movement". There is a drawing of a pair of eyes, where one is so closed the iris is invisible. Text reads "Note: paralysis very frequently comes with strabismus. Severe ptosis+hypertropia can look like the eye is just white. The iris can be hidden like that". Another text box to another drawing reads "it does get a bit trickier in angles that don't show both sides of the face; IMO focusing on strabismus+eyebrows pointing down is the easiest way to get it across". In the bottom left is a diagram showing different eyes with increasing severities of paralysis. Text reads "As a rule of thumb, more severe paralysis = eyelid rests lower. Here you can see how much of the eye could show".
Fourth slide, titled "Eyes specifically since people tend to put more detail into them than the rest of the face". The "First step" has 2 characters with unaligned eyes, titled "Step 1: give them strabismus (easy)". Below that are examples of eyes with strabismus, captioned "literally just draw the eyes to be unaligned. Inward, outward, up, down, etc.". Step two is titled "Don't make it into the most unfunny joke possible (very hard)". It shows two characters, one having a very exaggerated strabismus and the other having a more realistic one combined with a falling eyelid. The first character is crossed out, and is saying "I'm stupid because I look weird haha (laugh)", while the second character has the checker mark and is saying "I have a personality trait that is not related to having an eye condition". The text below the step 2 reads "Not every person with facial paralysis will have strabismus but a lot do and I never see that in drawings". In the bottom right is a designated square with a character who has significant hypertropia and slightly red eyes. The text reads "rarely, people will be unable to close their eyes rather than the other way around. I meant to put it on the previous slide but I ran out of space".
Fifth slide, titled "mouth and smiling". There is a simple drawing of a man with bell's palsy smiling, there are red lines illustrating how the smile is lopsided and pulls towards the nonparalyzed side. There is another "correct/incorrect" demonstration with the incorrect one, labeled "not how faces work", having their face essentially halved, with one side smiling widely and one actively frowning, and the correct one, labeled "it just pulls to the nonparalyzed side", smiling normally on one side and having a neutral/relaxed expression on the other. The incorrect one has additional text box: "if it looks like the ancient Greek theatre mask, stop. I couldn't do this really downward frown on my paralyzed side even if I wanted to. You need to be able to move your face for that...". At the bottom of the slide are two drawings of the same character smiling; he has bell's palsy in one but not the other, highlighting the differences. The text reads "There are other things that can also be affected but smiling is the main one, especially for drawing. What is not affected are like, jaw muscles. Someone can have problem with that as well but it will be from something else". The rest reads: "A lot of people will overdo smiling so that other people can actually tell they're smiling and essentially do a really wide smile on just one side of the face. So things like gums showing, nose skewing to the side, lower eyelid going up, lip being thinner on the smiling side, etc.". There is a colored disclaimer "also a disclaimer (in case that's not clear): not all people with facial paralysis have it visible on their eyes. I do it here so that you can easily tell which side is supposed to be affected".
Sixth slide, titled "have fun smile emoji". It features a Hindu woman in a powerchair, a Black man walking with a cane, a Brown girl posing, and a white guy looking stern. The first two are captioned "Most people have facial paralysis because of a stroke/traumatic brain injury and a lot will have other disabilities". The girl is captioned "Some people are born like this also. You can draw people with facial differences as pretty people BTW, it's allowed". The last character is drawn with a straight line scar going through his eye. He is captioned "if you're giving your scarred OC #3743 this fuckass scar then at least give them nerve damage like get real LMAO. He would not be fucking ablebodied". While the main drawing doesn't show the character with any sort of paralysis, there's a smaller one where his eyelid and eyebrow are clearly paralyzed. There is another box of text in the corner reading "We are also just normal people and yous on;t have to name your OC with bell's palsy some combination of "half-face" or whatever the fuck".

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Tutorial on drawing characters/OCs who have some sort of facial paralysis. It doesn't cover all possible variants because I was using mirror as my main reference lawl

Keep in mind that this is an introductory drawing tutorial and has some generalizations in it, so not every “X is Z” statement will be true for Actual People 👍

Consider supporting me on ko-fi if you find this to be helpful.

2 years ago

The majority of my followers right now are porn bots.

I just want them to know, that they are going to get absolutely nothing out of following me. I'm not gonna interact with them.

Higher follower count for me, I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

3 years ago

The problem with these is, they take energy. And right now it feels like I've got none. Or at least I feel incapable of dedicating energy to working on things and creating.

I want to create and to do, but I've got no motivation.

I hope that changes in the future.

There's like, so many things I wanna do in life.

I want to find fossils and prep them for display.

I want to write a children's book.

I want to make my own comic.

I want to write my own novels.

I want to try voice acting.

I want to try acting acting.

I want to make ceramics.

Why does there have to be so many interesting things you can do in life, so many things that I wanna try, but I still can't settle on an actual career???

3 years ago

I would love to make and sell adoptable OC designs

But

The problem is

I get so attached :')

I have so many OCs just chilling and gathering dust, because I love to design them, and get too attached to sell but not obsessed enough to draw them a lot


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2 years ago

I've also set up a Toyhouse account that I think I might try to sell some characters on, once I figure out which payment to service I can use that will let me hide my real name and face 🥲

I'm just not super comfy with that information being public, at least not yet. If anybody has any recommendations for how to do that, please lmk! I currently only have Venmo.


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1 year ago

I miss my hard-core Undertale phase from when I was in middle school.

Revisiting the fandom now is comforting, I may get back into it, as a treat.


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2 months ago

Commissions for a friend! Quite proud of the first one particularly.

Character design by me, fursona owned by the friend.

Commissions For A Friend! Quite Proud Of The First One Particularly.

Commissions For A Friend! Quite Proud Of The First One Particularly.

Commissions For A Friend! Quite Proud Of The First One Particularly.

Commissions For A Friend! Quite Proud Of The First One Particularly.

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8bitida - Ida
Ida

Just another kitty on the internet! | She/Her | 21 yrs old | Born October 27th | Not open for commissions- sorry! | https://linktr.ee/8bitida | Aspring geologist | Plant mom & environmentalist | I'm a fan of many things- fossils, cool bugs, pretty plants, kitty cats, 60s/70s aesthetics, succulents, cottagecore, fantasy worlds, and even more. | I draw from time to time, and post it occasionally, but I don't particularly have any reliable schedule (expect long silences! I'm a busy STEM major college student!) Obviously expect to see furry art, but I've got other interests I may draw and post once in a blue moon | A bit of a gamer (when I'm not busy) who likes modded Minecraft & Roblox a little too much |

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